Gravitational waves detected from 128 cosmic events so far
Scientists have expanded the list of detected gravitational waves from 90 to 128, thanks to LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA observatories.
Gravitational waves, basically ripples in space and time, first predicted by Einstein, help us peek into wild cosmic events like black hole and neutron star collisions.
New catalog offers insights into black hole behavior
The latest catalog covers a wider variety of space crashes, including massive black hole pairs, uneven mergers, and super-fast-spinning black holes.
This richer data set is giving scientists fresh clues about how black holes work and how our universe has evolved.
As LVK member Lucy Thomas put it, these signals are invaluable information for understanding cosmic phenomena.
More discoveries are on the way as researchers dig deeper into this expanded collection.